MARCH 
1953 
 
 GEORGIA FORESTRY 
 
Laws Protect YOUR Forests 
 
(From the Je ff Davis County Ledger) 
 
An urgent appeal to Jeff Davis adjoining land of another owner 
 
County farmers and landowners to without permission. 
 
know and to observe Georgia's 
 
' 'The landowner who plans burn- 
 
forest fire laws came this week his own land," said Tillman, 
 
from Georgia Forestry Commission' s forest fire investil!at.or for District 5, O.arlie Tillman. 
 
citing the Georgia Forest fire 
1aw,'' is required to notify all 
other landowners whose land the 
 
Tillman, whose headquarters fire might possibly reach if it 
 
are in Ocmulgee, investigates causes of forest fires throughout the Fifth District, bringing to 
 
should get out of control. This noti ficat ion should be given at least 24 hours in advance. Land- 
 
prosecution those who turn green ovmers also must have adequate 
 
acres of woodlands into blackened firebreaks around the property 
 
debris. ''Too many persons in this 
area,'' said he, ''still are un- 
 
they plan to burn.'' The Investigator pointed out 
also that no matter whether the 
 
aware of the laws designed to person did or did not intend for 
 
protect their forests. Forest the fire on his land to get on an- 
 
fire damage could be considerably other man's property, he still 
 
decreased if the public realized is guilty of a misdemeanor. 
 
that any person who allows fire to 
 
 'Persons in this area also 
 
cross from his land onto the land shoulo realize,'' he added, 
 
of another prorerty owner 1s  'that any person who wilfully 
 
guilty of a misdemeanor.'' 
 
and maliciously sets fire to the 
 
The investigator also pointed woods of another person without out that although 1andowners may permission is guilty of a felony.'' 
 
legally burn their own land as Conviction of this crime carries 
 
they desire, they are resronsible a sentence of fran one to two 
 
to see that the fire does not burn years. 
 
Vol. 6 
 
GEORGIA FORESTRY 
March, 1953 
Published Monthly by the 
GEORGIA FORESTRY CO:\L\IISSION, State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia. 
Guyton DeLoach, Dzrector 
 
No.3 
 
Members, Board of Commissioners: 
 
G. Philip Morgan, Chairman................................................................................................Savannah 
 
John l\1. 1\lcElrath...........-...........Macon C. l\1. Jordan, Jr...............................Alamo 
 
K. S. Varn ............................-.....Waycross H. 0. Cummings............Donalsonville 
 
Georgia Forestry is entered as second-class matter at the Post Office under the Act of August 24, 1912. Member of the Georgia Press Association. 
 
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EDITOR. ....... 
 
........ ............. - --.R. E. Davis 
 
ASSOCIATE EDITOR________________________________ __ __ - ------------ Patricia McKemie 
 
* * * * DISTRICT OFFICES, GEORGIA FORESTRY CO:\ll\IISSIO.N: 
 
DISTRICT !-Route 2, Statesboro 
 
DISTRICT VI-P. 0. Box 505, Milledgeville 
 
DISTRICT II-P. 0. Box 26, Camilla 
 
DISTRICT VII-Route 1, Rome 
 
DISTRICT IJI-P. 0. Box 169, Americus 
 
DISTRICT VIII-P. 0. Box 811, Waycross 
 
DISTRI CT IV-P. 0. Box 333, Newnan 
DISTRICT V-P. 0. Box 328, McRae 
 
DISTRICT IX-P. 0. Box 416, Gainesville 
DISTRICT X-P. 0. Box 302, Washington 
 
Destroyed Woodlands Cost YOU 
(From the Rome News Tribune) 
The South's tree crop and products manufactured from it are worth billions of dollars. Forest products are Georgia's leading crop, worth more than cotton or tobacco or 1i vestock. 
Overall, the South's tree crop rerresents approximately ten per cent of the South's income. It figures out to an average of about $16 rer forest acre. 
Everyone benefits, directly or indirectly, from the income produced by the tree crop. But do you know how much you are losing because people burn one out of 16 acres of forest land in the South each year? 
We lost $1~ worth of products rer acre. But we also lose in many other ways. Your personal health and industrial development depend upon a good water supply. Badly eroded hillsides and silt-covered valleys cannot produce farm crops. Burned-ove:c areas destroy wildlife. 
Forest fires damage the forest and land providing these benefits, as well as the commercial crops of trees to suprort industries. Uncontrolled forest fires can deprive us of millions of dollars a year in immediate benefits, and untold millions in t he future. 
You may not own woodlands, but you lose if those woodlands are destroyed. 
March winds and forest fire s are a deadly combination i n Georgia woodlands. 
High winds and dry underbrust. cften make for peak fire dan gel as March roars in like the pro verbial I ion. 
Here a roaring inferno cut ~ a swath through Georgia pinelands. 
 
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The first day of April ha s been set as the c losing date fo r t he 1953 ''Keep Geor g ia Fores t s Gree n County Contest '', and Ap r i l 6 is the de adline fo r s ubmit ting county activity repor ts acco r di ng to announ c ement by the Geo r gia For estry As s o c ia t i on . Re ports a r e to be ma i led to t he Ac;;sociation at Room 90 5 , Ci t i ze ns and Sout h ern Na tional Bank Bu ild i ng, At1ant a , Geor gia. 
Repo r ts are to summarize work done by each county during the con test including all activities. The reports are to serve as the basis for selecting the out standing counties to be visited by contest j udges. Failure to s ubmi t a report to the Association 's Atlanta office by April 6, automaticall y eliminates a county. 
B. M. Lufbur r ow, Executive Secret ar y of t he Association, ur ged al l coun ties to submit a comple te and acc urate s umm ar y of 
what ha s been d one. ''Be s ure to 
include all activ i ties because local e ffo r t , organ ization , cooperati on , and othe r such f actors rate 60 poi nts '' , he said. Lufburrow a l so reemphasized t he fac t that ''the r e are four cash prizes this ye ar, p lu s special recognition of runne r -ups. First prize winn er will r eceive ~1 , 000; second place winner will be awarded ~500; t h i rd pl ace , $300, and fourth place , '11:200 . 
The As so ci a t i o n 's Secretary explained that a special priZe has been adde d t hi s year, "to r ecognize the ou ts t anding effort and le ade rshi p o f Cou nt y Foresters and Coun ty Fo r est Rangers. The Asso c i at ion has added a $100 award to be g iven t he l eader of t he County Fare s try Uni t in the t op ranking county.'' 
 
52-53 Planting Is Greatest 
 
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195 2 -5 3 season - the greatest r esults obtained in the Georgia 
 
r eforestation undertaking in nurseries this year as very good, 
 
Georgia ' s history- has just been particular! y in view of the con- 
 
completed with the state's record crop of 5~,~ million forest 
 
stand hazard present in the production of any seedling crop and 
 
tree seedlings now stretching the fact that the newly-completed 
 
across thousands of Georgia Hightower nursery was in its first 
 
acres that formerly stood naked year of production. 
 
and eroding, idle and unproduc- 
 
Guyton Deloach, Commission flir- 
 
t i ve. When the last seedling delivery 
 
ector, and James H. Hill, Assistant nirector in Charge of Nurser- 
 
was completed early this month by ies, expressed ''gratification 
 
the Forestry Commission's four 
 
at the progress 1eing made in 
 
nurseries, landowners of the 
 
growing and delivery of seed- 
 
state had been furnished suffi- _ 1ings'' , and both joined in com- 
 
cient planting stock to reforest 
 
mending the Nursery Superinten- 
 
more than 60 , 000 acres, and an 
 
dents and their assistants. Mack 
 
all-time high had been achieved Neal, heads the Davisboro Nur- 
 
in the output of seedlings by the 
 
sery, veteran M. E. Murphy"directs 
 
state's nurseries. Preliminary tabulations on the 
output of the four nurseries show 
 
operations at Herty, and Buster f h Fl 
Harris is in charge o t e owery 
 
the Davisboro Nursery in \bsh- 
 
Branch and Hightower Nurseries. 
 
ington County leading with shipments totaling 25,500,000 seed- 
 
Seedlings were again furnished landowners at~ price below the 
 
lings, and the Albany Nursery at actual cost of production, and 
 
Albany second with 15,286,000 with the rapidly increasing de- 
 
while the Hightower and Flowery mand for planting stock the Com- 
 
Branch Nurseries produced a to- 
 
mission is aiming for a next- 
 
tal oi 12,500,000 seedlings. Of the state seedling total, 
Slash Pine made up 42, 500,000; 
 
years' output of. 75 million and directing efforts toward an ulti- 
 
.Loblolly Pine, 9,598,000; and mate goal of producing 100 seed- 
 
Longleaf, 700,000. Arizona Cy- lings each year. To makP possi- 
 
rress shipments totaled 178,815; ble such a continuing production 
 
H.ed Cedar, 17 5, 850; V\hi te Pine, a fifth Nursery is at present under 
 
40,000; andYellow Poplar, 35.000. construction in \\he e ler County. 
 
EARLY PLANTINGS NOW PRODUCING WOOD FOR GEORGIA PULP INDUSTRY 
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 Troup Citizens Benefit 
 
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Small green pine seedlings are rapidly replacing old cotton and corn stalks on idle land in Troup County, due in large measure to the efforts of the Troup Farmers Foundation campaign to focus the attention of farmers and others upon the pulpwood and timber possibilities in Troup County. 
The Foundation was formed by leading citizens, farmers and agriculturalists in Troup County for the advancement of all phases of agriculture. The non-profit organization has sponsored many projects of benefit to Troup farmers, and in April, 1950, the group started reforestation activities with the ultimate objectives of replanting to put all idle acres in the county to work growing trees. 
''The trustees of the Troup Farmers Foundation are well pleased with the results of the project and with the splendidresponse 
 
given by the farmers of the county,'' declared Olin F. Fulmer, Jr., President of the Faundation, as he explained that through the effort s of the Foundation, it i s possible to order seedlings by phone and have them planted, ''without e ven touching them with your own hands.'' 
''A wonde rful s tart has been made- but the vital t hing is that it be continued,'' pointed out Ely R. Callaway, a trustee of the Foundation, who s e rve s as chairman of the tree -p l ant ing committee. ''The Foundation is giving farmers the opportun ity t o buy and plant seedlings economically and efficiently.'' Callaway continued, and added, ''These small trees will grow into a large income for the fanner and for Troup County as a whole in a few short years. We will all profit by this conservation measure which the 
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El..Y R. CAlLAWAY, RIGIT, POINTS OUT UNUSUAL HEIGIT OF THREE YEAR OLD PINES 
Looking on is Charles Hudson, LaGrange, Troup J -c Conservation Chai nnan 
 
Probably the largest machinery exposition ever held in AmP-rica will attract hundreds of visitors to New Or leans April 8' through 10 as the Southern Pine Association ~athers for its 38th annual meetIng. 
The SPA Machinery and Equipment Exposition will feature displays of more than a million dollars worth of equipment and machinery used in manufacturing, logging and mill work. This year's exposition, similar to the Association's 1950 exhibit, will provide an opportunity for 1umbermen and others to learn first hand about new equipment and machinery essential to greater mechanization. 
''The Southern Pine machinery exposition is designed' to help the lumber manufacturer in his mechanization progress," pointed out H. C. Berckes, executive vice president of the Association. ''Our industry has witnessed great strides during the past f~w years and the machinery show is another step in the carefully planned and directed program of Southern Pine mechanical efficiency'' he stat~d. 
Most of the meetings of the Association will be held at the New Orleans Municipal Auditorium, site of the machinery show, and, in addition to Southern Pine and hardwood manufacturers, representatives of furniture, millwork, pulp and box industries will attend. 
In addition to the exposition and Association meeting, the Southern Pine Industry Committee will hold its annual meeting on the same days. Representing the entire Southern Pine industry, SPIC will examine policies and legislation of the new administration and Congress that affect all phases of lumber operations. In addition, national defense activities, procurement and other industry-wide matters will be examined. 
 
 Forest Markers 
 
To Commemorate 
 
Notable Events 
 
Do you know where the first sawmill in Georgia was established? Or where the first Georgia naval stores operation was located? Or do you have any information of historic interest concerning forestry or forest production in Georgia? 
The Georgia Historical Society plans to erect large markers at historical points and other noteworthy locations throughout the state for the purpose of public izing and commemorating not able events connected with agriculture and forestry. 
These markers will not necessarilydenote ''firsts'' but will point out outstanding events or achievements which have had a far reaching effect on the state's forests. 
Persons knowing of a forestry highlight or point of interest that should be suitably marked are requested to notify the Georgia Historical Society, State Capitol, Atlanta. State the point of origin of the event, economic importance in early years of agricultural development, was the happening effected by slavery, has it been effected by inventions, insect pest, or any other interesting information. 
 
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Five new C.eorgia Tree Farmers and a new County Forestry Unit Headquarters took the spotlight in Eastman February fi as more than 250 persons gathered from different parts of the state for the dedication of Dodge County's forestry headquarters, to watch the awarding of Tree Farms certificates, and to enjoy an old fashioned bar becue. 
F.lliott Lindholm, vice president, Fulton National Bank, Atlanta, delivered the main address and outlined the bank's stake in forestry and progress being made in preserving the state's woodlands. 
The noon barbecue led off the day's events as members of the Forestry Unit and the Keep Dodge Green council entertained guests. Assistant District Forester Milton A. Pierce, Fifth District, McRae, gave the welcome address and 4-H Club members from Hendrix High school, Plainfield, led the 
DODGE TOWER AND NEW HEADQUARTERS-Ranger J.B. Beauchamp adds final touches to Fo res try Unit's home. 
 
devotional. Ferrell Martin, outstanding Dodge County youth orator, outlined the importance of forestry to Future Farmers of America. 
The official opening of the new headquarters was signaled by the ribb~n cutting by Julia Peacock, president of the Plainfield 4-H Club. Guests were invited to tour the building which houses the Ranger's office, quarters for fire crews, bath and stock room. 
Local concerns donated much of the materials used and the Forestry Unit constructed the headquarters under supervision of Ranger J. B. Beauchamp 
The five new Tree Farmers, all residents of the Fifth Fo r e s t r y District, were cited for exerc ising wise management and fire c ontrol practice s , a nd c ertifi c ates were presented by W. H. McComb, Assistant Director in Dlarge of Management, Georgia Forestry Commission, Atlanta . 
Dodge County's Preston Stamps received C~orgia Tree Farms Certificate Numbe r 62, the l ates t issued, on hi s l,fi94 acr e woodland tract loca ted se ve n miles Northeast o f Eas tman . 
Other Tree Fa rme rs honored at the Eastman meeti n g included: G. N. Weathe r! y , McRae, 5, 000 ac r e; i n La u rens County; B. R. Snooks , Ailey , 300 acres in Montgomery Cou nty: H. V. Thompson, Ailey, 97 acres in Montgomery County; and J. W. Moore, Lyons, 600 acres in Toombs County. 
 
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GEORGIA FOR ESTRY 
 
Theory And Practice 
 
Sawmill Schools Held 
 
Throughout Georgia 
 
To show operators of portable, circular- type sawmills how to get better quality lumber from the logs they are cutting, eight training schools were held over the state during February. 
The meetings also aimed at helping operators by teaching them how to reduce mi 11 operation costs. 
Sawmill specialists toured the state to talk to groups in Screven, Randolph, Washington, Cook, Bibb, DeKalb, Stephens and Lumpkin counties. C. J. Telford, U.S.D.A., Fares t Products La bora tory, Madison, Wisconsin, talked on "Mill Layouts and Equipment," and "Power Requirements and Management Ef- 
ficiencies.'' Walton R. Smith, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Asheville, North Carolina, spoke on "Lumbering Seasoning," and B. F. Grant, University of Georgia Agricultural Extension Service, Athens, outlined ''Effects of Log Size on Yi elds and Costs.'' At the two North Georgia schools, W. N. Darwin, Chief of the UtilizationSection, Division of Forestry Relations, Tennessee Valley Authority, Norris, Tenn- 
SAWMILL MANAGEMENT TRAINING-W. N. Darwin, Chief, Utilization Section, Division of Forestry Relati ms, TVA, in )hoto below, explains benefits of cutting large logs for lumber. In photo at right, Ernest Clevenger, Corley Manufacturing Company, demonstrates the technique of setting teeth on large saws to get more volume from logs. 
 
essee, and &nest Clevenger , Corley Manufacturing Company, Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as instructors. Maintenance men from several sawmill manufacturing firms in each locality also participated in the programs. 
In the afternoon each meeting adjourned to a local sawmill for a demonstration on sawing logs and mill operation conducted by Telford, Smith and George Englerth, Southeastern Forest Ex periment Station. 
A discussion period led by C. Dorsey Dyer, Forester of the Agricultural Extension Service, concluded the programs. 
The sawmill meetings were sponsored by the LTni versi ty of Georgia Agricultural Extension Service and School of Forestry, the Georgia Forestry C.ommission, and the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 
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From all over the South , some 300 foresters, farmers and conservationist gathered March 5 and 6 at Pensacola, Florida, for the 1953 Southern Forestry Conference sponsored by the Forest Farmers Association, of Valdosta, Georgia. 
Discussions of the '53 conference theme, ''Lumber's Increasing Responsibility in the Nation's Economy'' and talks relating to the lumber industry's contribution to forest development 
in the South, the industry's future role in this field, a nd numerous other forestry topics of current importance to all southern timberland owners, were presented. An e quipment display was held on the mezzanine of the San Car los Hotel, convention headquarters in Pensacola. A special program of outside activities for both men and ladies included a barbecue given for the Conferees by the St. Regis Paper Company and a visit to the St. Regis mill at Cantonment. 
Allen R. Fline, President of the American Farm Bureau Federation, was the principal Panquet speaker. 
C.onference keynote speaker was Earl M. McGowin, Vice President, W. T. Smith Lumber Company, Chap man, Alabama, and Association President J. V. Whitfield, Burgaw, North Carolina, presided at the opening meeting and banquet. 
Also participating in the Conference prog ram were Henry T. ~kKni ght, Vienna, Virginia, Association Vice - President; J. R. Bemis, President, Southern Pine Association; Justin R. Weddell, President, Florida Forestry Association; Richard Allen, Chief Forester, DeWeese l.umher Co. , Philadelphia ~lissi ssippi; and Reavis Sproull, Technical Director, Hert y Foundat ion Laboratory, Savannah, Georgia. 
Other features included a panel on ~larketing of Fore s t Products and discussions on research, timber loans and insect control. 
 
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Forestry 
 
Camporee 
Reforestation, fire suppression and prevention instruction, and timber management filled an action-packed week end for the 250 Boy Scouts who participated in the Georgia-Carolina Council's second annual Forestry Camporee held at Camp Linwood Haynie and Camp Josie in Richmond County. 
Top projects among their activities wer~ the replanting of 15 acres of open land and the construction of permanent firebreaks on the camp areas, under the direction of James Coad, Tenth District Management Forester, Georgia Forestry Commission, and Richmond County Forest Ranger Therman Strickland. Coad taught planting, tree identification, thinning and measuring of timber, and Strickland gave a demonstration and talk on fire suppression, fire prevention, supervised practice in the use of hand tools for fire fighting, and lectured on how to give volunteer help in fire fighting, how to spot and locate fires, and the operation of county forestry units in Georgia. The Scouts hand planted both camp sites with 10,000 pine seedlings donated by the Union Bag and Paper Corporation. 
 
THIS IS HOW ITS DONE--James Ooad, Tenth District Management Forester, places a seedling as Richmond County Forester T. M. Strickland holds the dibble in a demonstration of correct hand planting methods. Scouts, left to right, Buddy Heath, Augusta, Terry Posey, Gloverville, South Carolina, and Frank Gorham, Augusta, IJ'epare to p-act ice. 
 
Johnny M. Vantrease, Scout Executive, Georgia-Carolina Council, termed this year's camporee highly successful, and expressed particular gratification at' 'the manner in which the Commission foresters and council leaders were able to integrate their efforts to provide the training for the Scouts. The benefits of such a forestry camporee are manifold,'' he stated, ''and make for the advancement of resource conservation, constitute an important segment of the character building work of Scouting, and provide a keen insight into the realm of forestry for those boys 
 
who may be considering entering the profession in later years.'' 
The Georgia-Carolina Council includes Richmond, Burke, Jefferson, Emanuel, Jenkins, Glascock, Columbia, McDuffie, Warren, Wilkes, Lincoln and Taliaferro Counties in Georgia, and McCormick, Edgefield and Aiken counties in South Carolina. 
Serving as group leaders and directing the camp routine were Vantrease, who was in charge of the white Scouts at Camp Linwood Haynie, and Nat Clark, Assistant Executive, who led the gr rup of negro Scouts at Camp Josie. 
 
DEMONSTRATION, LECTURE AND PRACTICE--Boy Scouts attending the Forestry Camporee in Richmond County 
learn the "do's and don'ts" of good forestry. In 
photo at left, Forester T. M. Strickland and Assistant Ranger Robert Wood, on tractor, demonstrate how 
 
a fire plow operates. Augusta, Georgia, Scouts looking on, left to right, are Fred Elser, Branford Williams, and Charles Bignon. In Jboto at right, Strickland explains operation of County Forestry Units in Georgia 
 
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Spurred by the Georgia Forestry Association's second annual Keep Georgia Forests Green contest, county Keep Green Councils in many sections of the state are finding unique and novel means of accelerating their fire prevention drives. 
Diversity of ideas is the keynote of this year's contest which is designed to prevent forest fi res and build up t he wealth of Georgia's forest reserve. 
''Each county seems determined to win the contest - and to win not only the $1,000 first prize, but to attain the added benefits that good forest crops can bring to each community," declared Hugh W. Dobbs, President of the Association. ''The wide variety of ideas being used to enlist each person in every county in this drive is gratifying. Participation in the protection and development of Georgia's forest resour ces has reached a new high this year,' ' Dobbs said. 
''Counties are realizing that the main purpose of the contest is not so much the winning of the prize money, but rather the interest it stimulates in the gen- 
 
eral fire prevention program, and that through the conte; t, valuable information regarding services to forest owners is being placed in the hands of almost every person in Georgia,'' pointed out B. M. Lufburrow, the Association's Executive Secretary. 
Outlining typical examples of the various activities of various counties, Lufburrow stated that ''reports are constantly reaching our Atlanta headquarters on the new and unusual programs being carried on by the participating counties. It would be impossible to give a detailed summary of the program followed in each county, but I feel that all counties in the state will be interested in knowing some of the happenings that are bringing Georgia's forest potentialities into the spotlight,'' Lufburrow said. 
Catoosa County's drive to sti- 
mulate the interest of youth in the Keep Green movement was cited by Lufburrow as he explained that ''Building Catoosa County's Forest Resources'' is a subject of interest and concern of all Catoosa school children, as the 
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With the goal of preserving Georgia ' s forests for the future, Georgia 4-H Club boys and girls have undertaken as their most recent project a gigantic tree planting program that has resulted in the planting of some 2,250,000 seedlings on 2,800 acres of Georgia land. 
'' Four-H members realize t hat one of Georgia's most valuable assets is her woodlands, and they study fire prevention and plant seed lings every year - two of the best ways of preserving this source of income'' Dorsey Dyer, Forester of the Georgia A~Ticul tural Extension Service, said as he corrrnended Club members for 
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lng program. The seedlings, distributed 
through the Extension Service to counties over the state, were planted under the ~upervision of County Agents, with assistance 
from County Foresters and Rangers. 
The state-wide tree planting program, now in its sixth year, has helped to make Georgia's 4-H forestry program one of the best in the nat ion. Last year 
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PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS OF DRIVERS BEING DETERMINED-Georgia Forestry Cbmmission JErsonnel are being examined by the Georgia Department of Public Safety ax>rtocl inic psychophysical machine, and speci fie recommendations are given for compensating any weakness found. The machine measures time required to move the foot 
from accelerator to brake, how far to each side a driver can see a moving object while keeping his eyes 
 
straight ahead, ability to distinguish objects at a given distance, ability to make judgements of space, distance and relative position of objects, and ability to distinguish colors. In photo at left, J.W.Roberts, Bulloch Count~ Ranger, seated, is tested for  'Reaction Time'' by First District Investigator R. M. McCrimmon. At right, Roberts takes the "Field of Vision'' test. 
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MARCH, 1953 
 
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Foresters And Rangers In The News 
 
The Lowndes County Forestry \!nit extends thanks to two conscientious citizens who believe in doing their duty even while ''sky high''. 
During the past serious fire season, the Unit received a night 
call from Aaron J. Gibson, mana- 
ger of the Southern Airways office in Valdosta. Gibson stated that Pilot Captain Ed Summers and First Officer Privitt radioed the Valdosta office that they had spotted a forest fire and gave the exact location, while making a a regular flight which took them over the county. 
Men and equipment dispatched immediately to the fire by the Forestry Unit were able to control the fire with only a few acres burned. 
Ranger W. W. Wright said, "We certain!y appreciate the thoughtfulness of these men, because if the call had not come in, the fire could have burned several hundred acres due to the dry, windy conditions.'' 
 
''A woods fire began last Sat- 
 
urday afternoon on a neighbor' s 
 
land, ' ' Watson wrote, '' and 
 
repidly gained headway over the 
 
bone dry drains leading east into 
 
Cross Swamp. Before word could 
 
be sent to Patterson, a Forestry 
 
Unit truck, notified by the for- 
 
est lookout tower, drove up. 
 
''A radio call for more h~lp was 
 
sent out immediately and within 
 
half an hour a full force was on 
 
the ground checking the fast 
 
spreading blaze,'' Watson con- 
 
tined. 
 
''Fire breaks were 
 
plowed around the burning area 
 
and back fires were started where 
 
necessary. The whole operation 
 
moved smooth! y and rapidly and 
 
the fire was safely brought under 
 
control with mimimum damage, and done in little over an hour. 
''This was the second time that I had seen the Forestry Unit stop the costly spread of forest fires in the Blackshear district. 1 am told the Saturday fire could have been disastrous in many directions if it had reached Cross Swamp,'' Watson said. 
''I was astonished on returning here after many years, to see the great and valuable development of forest growth in this section of the country. This development no doubt depends largely on the kind of work being done by the Pierce County Forestry Unit,'' Watson concluded. 
 
COMMISSION STEEL RIGGERS GET A BIRD' S EYE VIEW OF WHEELER COUNTY-- 
Shop Forman J. F. King, Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon, and an assistant climb to the top of the 120 foot radio aerial tower at the McRae headquarters of the Wheeler County Forestry Unit. All con- 
struction work on the tower was done by Commission personnel at a substantial saving to the County and State. Such jobs usually require the services of highly-skilled riggers. 
 
A week long program on forestry education was presented in Walton County Schools in early February under the direction of County 
Forester J. A. McGunagle, County 
School Superintendent Clyde 
Pearce and Mrs. J. H. Rockmore, 
Instructional Supervisor. 
The programs designed to acquaint the youth of Walton with the services of the Forestry Unit and also enlist their participation in the Keep Walton County Green activities, inc luded the showing of two forestry with discussion periods following each showing. 
The Pierce County Forestry Unit 
recently received high _p~aise f rom an out-of-state visitor, Osborn Watson, in a letter to the editor of the ''Blackshear Times.'' 
 
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A tri-county program forEvans, Tattnall and Bryan Counties brought together more than 500 farmers, Future Farmers of America and 4-H Club members for a comprehensive, outdoor class in forestry, January 28 near Claxton. 
The gathering, on the property 
of John A. Va rnedoe in Hagan, west of Claxton, was the largest demonstration ever held in that section, and one of the largest and most complete in Georgia. 
Forestry-agriculturalists attending the complete demonstration watched experts deal with virtually every phase of forestry. During the morning portion of the program, actual woods d emonstrations were given on timber stand improvement, control of undesirable hardwoods by use of various chemicals, and bark chipping and acid stimilation. In t he afternoon the program turned to forestry mechanization as a mechani ca l tree planter, a portabl e p ewe r saw and fir e control equipment were demonstrated. 
The demonstration, sponsored by the Industrial Department of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, was under the direction of R. N. Hoskins, Industrial Forester for the Railroad. Ellis D. Sikes, Vocational Agriculture Instructor at Claxton, served as general program chairman. 
T. G. Walters, State Supervisor 
of Vocational Education, gave the address ofwelcane, and pointed out that pine saw timber has 
inc r eased 15 per cent in the 1ast 10 years i n s pite of intensive 
cutt i ngs. "Sl ash pi ne," he sa i d, ''is the fast est-growing commercial tn~e in the wo rld.'' 
J. Neil Baker, Vocational Agricultu re District Supervi sor, outlined the contributi ons be ing made by the Future Farmers of America organization in t he tot al fore stry program of t he state. 
John Reese, Management Forester of th e Fi rs t District, and Wa l ter Stone , First District Forester, also spoke and assisted with the progr an planning and direction. 
Tn the afternoon , Clark Gaines, 
 
Executive 3ecretary of the c~or gia Department of Commerce, outlined the value to t he state, and especially the Claxton area, of Georgia's great fares t resources. He was presented by Warren T. White, Assistant Vice President of Seaboard. 
Robert Barnett, Executive Freight ~fanager, of the Railroad, told of the high hopes the company held that the demonstration would help farmers. "We have vast facilities ready to help you to make forest farming profitable, and we have a great sta ke in forestry in this part of Georgia," he said. J. N. McBride, General Agricultural Agent for Seaboard, was also present. 
One section of the demonstration plot was set aside for the poisoning of trees to control undesirable hardwoods. Conducting this phase of the program was Professor B. F. Grant, of the University of Georgia Forestry School. 
Another group \tatched a demon- 
stration ofproper methods of gum farming, including use of acid spray, hacking , bark chipping and 
hanging cups, conducted by Ralph Clements, Nava] Stores Technician of the Lake City, Florida, branch of the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, and Dr. C. S. S::hopmeyer, Project Leader 1n charge of Naval Stores at the Station. 
Cutting and marking of trees was shown on a one-fifth acre 
plot containing 70 trees. Fig- 
ures were projected for the 350 trees per acre represented by this stand. The use of these trees for cutting for pulpwood and saw timber and the marking and thinning operations were explained and demonstrated by John Reese. 
Luncheon was served at the demon s tration site by the Home Economics Department of Claxton. 
A demon s t r ation of felling and buc king by the one man chain saw start e d off thP afternoon session with A. W. ~~donald of the Homeli te Corporation serving as inst ructor. 
 
Patterson, 
 
DeLoach, May 
 
Elected 
 
Archie E. Patter son, Guyton 
 
DeLoach, and J ack T. May, have 
 
been selected to lead the South- 
 
eastern Section, Society of American Foresters, during }053. 
 
Patterson, a professor at the University of Georgia's Forestry School, was installed as chairman of the group at the section's t wo-day conferencP at Montgomery, 
 
Alabama, in January. 
 
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Deloach was named Vice-Otairman 
 
of the forestry group, and May was elected secretary-treasurer. 
 
Chairman Patterson is a member 
 
of the national committee on 
 
ethics of the Society of American 
 
Foresters, is a member of the Georgia State Board of Begistra- 
 
tion for Foresters 1 and holds membership in nt~erous honorary 
and professional organizations. 
 
He is a graduate of Iowa State 
 
College. DeLoach is ~orgia State For- 
 
ester and Director of the Georgia 
 
Forestry Commission. HP also is a menilier of the forester's Board 
 
of Registration, and is a graduate 
 
of the University of Georgia's Forestry School. 
 
George\\ . ~1osley, Georgia ForPSt Equipment Company, demonstrated a mechanical tree planter. 
Fire control, from communication to plowing, was dramatically demonstrated by members of the Tattnall, Evans and Pryan Forestry llni ts. Using a ' 'make- believe'' fire, the Forestry Units exhibited the coordination necessary in rapid detection and immediate suppression of fires. A call by two-way radio to the Tattnail-Evans Air Patrol brought the planeto the demonstration site, and onlooker~ were shown the close alliance between the Patrol plane, fire lookout tower and jeep patrol units. A one-ton power wagm from Pryan County, operated by RangPr G. f~. Williams, a ~- ton plowing jePp, manned by Evans Ranger A. D. Ea s on, a heavy suppression unit, and the Tat tnall light suppression unit werP on hand. 
 
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Foundation hopes will enrich the land and increase the income of all our Troup citizens.'' 
''The cost of seedlings and planting is to be considered an investment rather than an expense,'' stated W. F. Holle, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer of the organization. ''The Foundation does not require a down payment, but seedlings must be paid for in full when the trees are delivered,'' he said. The cost of seedlings and planting amounts to $6.00 per acre. Seedlings cost $2. 75 per thousand, and planting 1, 000 seedlings amounts to $3. 25. Trees are planted 700 to 1,000 to the acre depending on the specie of tree. 
The Foundation has purchased two tractors and tree planting machines which are used by local citizens. The . equipment was purchased with profits accumulated from other agricultural projects within the county. 
Millions of seedlings have been purchased from the Georgia Forestry Commission nurseries, and hundreds of thousands of seed1 ings have been donated to the foundation. These donated trees are alloted free of charge to 4-H Clubs, schools, churches and other organizations, and groups ordering large quanti ties receive not only the trees but also t he machinery and labor for planting . The Foundation hopes, that by thus giving free seedlings to organizations, planting activity will be stimulated. 
W. M. Clanton , Jr., a trust e e of the Foundation, stated that during the 1950-51 planting season ''three percent of the tota l number of seedlings pl anted in the s ta te were planted by the Found a tion.'' 
High planting go als have bee n set for the county by the Founda tion , and benefit s of r e forestation are publ i c ized throughout the county. The Troup Count y Fores t Ranger, George Knott and County Agent wor k c losely together in direct ing t he planLing act ivities. 
 
F ffiESTERS ON 11IE AIR- -Members of the Third District office, Amer icus , recently visited the "Town Hall" radio program sponsored by the Americus-Sumter County Chamber of Commerce. J. P. Luther, Manager of the Chamber, end of table, moderates the panel. Facing the camera, left to right, are J. H. Cornwell, Chairman, Sumter County Forestry Board, Lonnie Gray, Sumter County Ranger, and James Adams, District Investigator. In the foreground, left to right, are Ed Hamby, Fire Control Forester, Turner Barber, Management Forester, and Olin Witherington, District Forester. 
 
Contest Ideas... 
 
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result of a Fares try Board essay contest sponsored by the County. The contest, which started late in 1952 and closed in February,1953, was conducted among students for the purpose of acquainting young people with the facts about fores try and encouraging them to take 
 
managed and kept free of f ire will serve as a constant reminder t o all that the Keep Worth County Green program is a project that merits suppor':. and c oopera ti on from everyone,'' stated J. C. 
1 Hal ton  Chairman of the CounCl  
 
an active part in the improvement, conservation and man~emen t of Catoosa County's forest resources. 
Plans of the Wo rth County Keep Green Council include arranging for two demonstrat i on plots of 
two acres each. One p lot will be burned off each year , and t he other will be protected from fire. ''This viv i d contrac t between a yearly burned woodlot and one well 
 
''A contest within a contest'' is the project of the Bulloch 
County Keep Green Council. I n addition to the st ate p r i ze of $1,000 given by t he As soication, local businessmen interested i n the timber f uture o f Bulloch pooled their res ou rces and set up a county contest prize fund. Local Farm Burea u Chapters, and other organiza t i ons, are competing with 
 
4-H Clubs... (C o n t in ued fr om Pag e 7} 
3,529 boys and gi rl s ca rr ied 4-H f ore st ry project s t h at i nvolved 16,60 1 acres. ''Th is was almo st a 20 per cent i nc r ease i n forestry participation o ver the preceeding year,' ' Dyer explained. 
Donors of the seedl i ngs for the s tate-wide proj e c t were t he Union Pag and Paper Corporation, Brun s wic k Pulp and P ape r Comr any , Macon  raft Company , Rome Kraft Company, and Interna ti on al Paper Company . 
 
e ach other fo r the county prize, based on t heir efforts to control wil d fires and encourage better f urestr y practices. 
Schley County farmers are helping to pave the way for a successful Keep Schley County Green program by cooperat i ng in an effort to more quickly reach and more rapidl y suppress forest f i r es. 
In fi ve large rural communit ies of the county, Ebeneze r, LaCros se, Con cord, Midway, and Hopewe l l , farmers have vclunteered the ir me c hanical equipment to fight outbreaks of fires. Each community has establis hed unoffi c ial fire headquarters at an easily accessible home or store. 
 
 Picnicking or Camping- 
always put your campfire dead out! 
Hunting or Fishing- 
always kill your matches, smokes and warming 
 fires! Motoringalways be careful. When smoking, use your ashtray! 
Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, always be careful with fire. It's up to You/ 
 
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